House gives final OK to Asheville water bill

6:39 PM,
May 1, 2013

The North Fork Reservoir is a key part of the Asheville Water System, which would be transferred to the Metropolitan Sewerage District under the bill received final approval in the General Assembly today.

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The state House gave final approval this afternoon to legislation to end Asheville's control of the city water system, leaving Gov. Pat McCrory's signature as the last step needed for the measure to become law.

The House voted 76-40 to concur with changes the state Senate made to the bill, sponsored by Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe.

The bill would give the system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District and add a sewage system serving northern Henderson County to form what would become the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage District. ...